New Life Boat Pitches Safer Sea Travel for Steamers
Bath Maine industry leaders promote a revolutionary sixty foot life boat with two hundred sixty air chambers and automatic air pumps. The device, invented by Captain Loring W Meyers, promises rapid two minute launch and higher capacity while resisting capsizing. Government inspectors praised it as far superior to current boats, urging adoption by steamboat companies to save lives at sea.
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Bath
Maine
Bath Iron Works
Loring W. Meyers
Lubec
Washington
Board of Supervising
D. C
Merchants Secure Quarters on Front Street
Bath Merchants' association has leased a front room above the D T Percy store on Front Street, replacing the council room for meetings. The space, formerly Edward W Hyde's office, features two large front windows and will be handsomely furnished. Members will have keys and use is expected for social and organizational purposes.
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Bath Merchants’ Association
Edward W. Hyde
Novel display case travels with salesman in Bath
A traveling salesman for a large wholesale firm displayed a leather bag shaped case in Bath. The case held Thermos style jars to serve steaming hot samples of canned beans and other products to prospective customers, alongside wooden plates and small spoons for testing the goods.
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Bath
Kelley Athletic Field Funding Request Urges Doubling
The finance committee is urged to appropriate funds for the Kelley athletic field this year. Last year's appropriation was unexpended, and officials argue it should be doubled to complete planned improvements.
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Kelley
Jen kings torpedo destroyer to be christened in Washington
The torpedo boat destroyer Jenkins, sister ship to Jouett, will be launched from Bath Iron Works next Monday at 11 o clock.Named in honor of Rear Admiral Thornton A Jenkins the ceremony will be officiated by his fifth daughter Miss Alice Thornton Jenkins of Washington D C. The article details Jenkins family and long career including lighthouse board service and Civil War actions. It also provides ship specifications and armament.
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Jenkins
Jouett
Bath Iron Works
Thornton A. Jenkins
Alice Thornton Jenkins
Washington, D. C
Baltimore
F.a.thornton
Orange Court House
Virginia
Madison
West Indies
Natchezy
Marindalia
Cedeke
Congress
Mediterranean
Montevideo
Europe
Germantown
Relief
Tuspan
Tabasco
Lighthouse Board
Navy
Preble
Paraguay
Gulf of Mexico
San Juan d‘Ulloa
Miramon
Monongahela
College Point
Richmond
Port Hudson
Mobile
Mobile Bay
James River
Farragut
Capt. Jenkins
T. A. Jenkins
Lord Collingwood
Pensacola
Craven
Capt
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John M. Clark
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Wr. C
Chadbourne
Front St
Tel
D. M. Humphreys
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Maine
C. W. Watson
Office and Veterinary Hospital
Cedar St
Brunswick, Me
Ontario Veterinary College
D.V.S
Chicago Veterinary College
M.D.C
Ontario Veterinary Medical Society
Chicago Veterinary College Association
Maine Veterinary Medical Association
Cyrus W. Longley
Room 2
Bath, ME
M. H. Loach
Ss. Curtis
Centre Street
Deborah Morton
Westbrook Seminary
Portland
New York
Glasgow
Scotland
London
Paris
Switzerland
Italy
Germany
Holland
England
Iron Works
D. T. Percy
Front Street
Miss Alice Thornton Jenkins
Miral Thornton A. Jenkins
Bureau of Navigation
Navy Department
Fairmount Park
Philadelphia
Hull
Flusser
Reid
Hussey
Spades
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